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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Veldt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do they see when they look to the sky?
(a) Macaws
(b) Vultures
(c) Storm clouds
(d) Blue

2. What do George and Lydia think is broken?
(a) The dining room table
(b) The stove
(c) The front door
(d) The nursery machinery

3. Who initially suggests that the family take a vacation and “shut the house off”?
(a) Lydia
(b) George
(c) Max
(d) Wendy

4. What is “busy humming it to itself” in the opening paragraphs?
(a) The nursery
(b) The stove
(c) The baby
(d) The robot maid

5. What are the lions doing when Dr. McClean walks in?
(a) They are finishing feeding and walking to the waterhole
(b) They are sleeping
(c) They are grooming each other
(d) They are hunting

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr.McClean suggest George do to the nursery?

2. What is Lydia’s initial solution?

3. When was The Veldt published?

4. How long has the African veldt been in the nursery?

5. Who says the following: “But nothing’s too good for our children”?

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